i don't have an issue with cats crapping in the garden (we keep ours inside only) although there are some strays in the neighborhood... i do have an issue with my dog digging up my plants, and the only way to keep her out is to fence the raised beds. you don't even need hardcore fencing, just some metal posts and plastic green fencing stuff from home depot (comes on a big roll and is 4' high) and it'll deter the critters from getting in. you can still get in to weed/water/etc by unfolding a flap.

The little forkers shiitake all over my front lawn, Poppy hoovers it up if I don't find it before she does, ack! She slurped up some kitty squits from the back garden last week and ended up with the squits and vomiting herself, cleaning all that out of grass was a LOT of fun*.

The little forkers shiitake all over my front lawn, Poppy hoovers it up if I don't find it before she does, ack! She slurped up some kitty squits from the back garden last week and ended up with the squits and vomiting herself, cleaning all that out of grass was a LOT of fun*.

* if a LOT of fun is wanting to cut your own face off.

I'm glad I opened this thread while eating lunch. *shudder*

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